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Exploring Kiev: A Quiz on the Capital of Ukraine

Test your knowledge about Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, with this engaging quiz covering its geography, history, and cultural significance.

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1 The memorial complex covers the area of 10 hectares (approximately 24.7 acres) on the hill, overlooking the ________.

2 What is the native name for Kiev?

3 The population density of Kiev: How many people are there per square kilometre?

4 Which of the following titles did Kiev have?

5 During the eighth and ninth centuries, Kiev was an outpost of the ________ empire.

6 What type of subdivision is Kiev?

7 What time offset in UTC is Kiev in during daylight savings?

8 Who of the following is/was the leader of Kiev?

9 What timezone is Kiev in?

10 What timezone is Kiev in during daylight savings?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Contracts House (pictured), located in Kiev, Ukraine, was visited by writers Honoré de Balzac, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Pushkin, and poets Adam Mickiewicz and Taras Shevchenko.
  • the neo-classical Verkhovna Rada building in Kiev features a hundred-tonne glass dome over the chamber where the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine convenes to enact legislation.
  • the 2001 UBK protest campaign in Kiev's Independence Square anticipated the current Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
  • in 1057, Saint Anthony of Pechersk singled-handedly dug out the Near Caves in Kiev, Ukraine which is part of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
  • the Khreschatyk is the main street of Ukrainian capital Kiev on which Orange Revolution and other historical events mainly took place.
  • the Kultur Lige was a socialist Jewish organization associated with the Jewish Labour Bund, established in Kiev in 1918, whose aim was to promote Yiddish language literature, theater and culture.
  • the statues of St. Andrew and Samson from the Fountain of Samson in Kiev were stored in a museum before the beginning of WWI, saving them from destruction by the Bolsheviks.
  • the official cause of the Great Fire of 1811, which lasted for three days and burned down the whole Podil neighborhood of Kiev, was children playing with fire.
  • the disastrous defeat of Yaroslav the Wise's sons at the Alta River led to a popular uprising in Kiev and dethronement of Grand Prince Iziaslav.
  • during the Shuliavka workers' uprising of 1905, groups of 150 armed men patrolled the streets of the Shuliavka neighborhood in Kiev to clean the area of any resistors to their movement.
  • at its first years Kiev Zoo had to move its animals into the food storage of the main Kiev railway station for the winter.
  • Kyiv Arsenal is one of the oldest and most famous industrial companies of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
  • Bykivnia, a former village, now part of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, was the burial site of thousands of enemies of the Soviet power.
  • Agatha, mother of Saint Margaret of Scotland, could have been either a daughter of Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev or a daughter of the Bulgarian Tsar.
  • Kiev's Museum of Western and Oriental Art houses the largest collection of foreign art in Ukraine.
  • Lysa Hora hill in the Ukrainian capital Kiev is both a historical fortress and a mystical "bold mountain" where witches are believed to gather for their sabbaths.
  • Obolon CJSC, the largest Ukrainian brewer based in Kiev, was the first private company of the independent Ukraine.
  • among many historic landmarks at the Andrew's Descent in Kiev, there is a medieval Gothic style castle that locals call the "Castle of Richard the Lion Heart" due to the legend the 12th century King of England had visited the building.
  • St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev may have been the first Russian and Ukrainian church to have a golden dome.
  • St. Cyril's Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine was closed by the Tsarist Government and its living quarters were converted into a hospital and later an insane asylum, which lasted until the mid-late 20th century.
  • Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny enrolled his entire Cossack army as students to prevent a Kievan school's conversion to a Jesuit Collegium.
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